Karydakis Procedure Vs Limberg Flap in Treatment of Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03765086

Enrollment

Registered

2018-12-05

Start date

2017-08-01

Completion date

2018-07-01

Last updated

2019-02-05

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Conditions

Pilonidal Sinus

Brief summary

This study will be a randomized controlled trial in which there will be comparison of the effectiveness of Karydakis procedure and Limberg flap in treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus

Interventions

PROCEDUREKarydakis procedure

Pilonidal sinus will be excised by Karydakis procedure

PROCEDURELimberg Flap

Pilonidal sinus will be excised by Limberg Flap

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with pilonidal sinus of any sex and aged 20 years or above * Non infected pilonidal sinus

Exclusion criteria

* Infected pilonidal sinus * Uncontrolled diabetes * Patient on immunosuppressive therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percentage of patients presenting with recurrence of pilonidal sinus	8 to 12 weeks	Recurrence of Pilonidal Sinus(described as appearance of multiple discharging sinuses in operative site) after surgical procedure

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of weeks in which the operative wound will be healed	4 to 6 weeks	Duration of wound healing (complete epithelization of wound )
percentage of patients developing postoperative pain	3 days	postoperative pain( measured by visual analog score with 1 being minimum score and 10 being maximum score) after surgery

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026